12-09-2020, 09:00 PM
stanford women's basketball was very careful with jamie carey after her concussion. sometimes we get it right.
if we accept haley's story, i would agree with her that she should have been on a concussion protocol and not cleared to play after only a phone call, no physical exam. you can have a patient take their own blood pressure at home to adjust their meds, but you kind of have to do a neurological exam in person - maybe by video - but not by phone.
not sure i agree that the family should have known to paid for an exam by another doc. at that point they had little reason to think that a stanford doc had made a mistake. to educate athletes not to accept "cleared to play" from team docs if they still have neurological symptoms seems to be part of haley's crusade.
if we accept haley's story, i would agree with her that she should have been on a concussion protocol and not cleared to play after only a phone call, no physical exam. you can have a patient take their own blood pressure at home to adjust their meds, but you kind of have to do a neurological exam in person - maybe by video - but not by phone.
not sure i agree that the family should have known to paid for an exam by another doc. at that point they had little reason to think that a stanford doc had made a mistake. to educate athletes not to accept "cleared to play" from team docs if they still have neurological symptoms seems to be part of haley's crusade.